Contains poetry of V.L.D. and her research materials pertaining to Edgar Allan Poe and Sarah Helen Whitman, etc. Consists, for the most part, of xerox copies in three-ring binders, but also includes original correspondence, mounted photographs, newspaper clippings, tear-sheets, etc.
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Virginia Louise Doris papers, Ms. 81.6, Brown University Library.
Contains poetry of V.L.D. and her research materials pertaining to Edgar Allan Poe and Sarah Helen Whitman, etc. Consists, for the most part, of xerox copies in three-ring binders, but also includes original correspondence, mounted photographs, newspaper clippings, tear-sheets, etc.
Three-ring binder containing 64 lvs of xerox copies (of typescript text and illustrations) and mounted photograph; followed by additional lvs consisting of xerox copies of correspondence dated 5 May-8 Oct 1970, mounted photograph annotated mar. 1975, xerox copy of letter dated 30 July 1975, mounted photographs with note dated 31 Oct 1975, etc. The additions comprise 15 items.
Includes information about S.W. Hartshorn, daguerreotype artist who took plates of Edgar Allan Poe.
Title was taken from typed label on envelope.
Printed magazine dated Dec 1975; xerox copies (of typescripts, newspaper clippings, illustrations, correspondence, etc., dated 31 Oct 1975-10 Jan 1976, with additional item dated 27 Jan 1976.
Added t.p.: "The First Dagierrotype [sic] Studio in Providence"--additional material and photos, with Prov. Daily Journal photostats, form a "ad"s. Part 2.
Three-ring binder containing 24 lvs of xerox copies (of typescript text, correspondence, printed text, and illustrations); electroprint copies of microfilmed pages of newspaper, to which are affixed slips of paper containing xerox copies of descriptive comment (7 items); mounted dust jacket of published book. This compilation is dated at the end: 2 Nov 1970. The 24 lvs include an undetermined number of supplementary items dated 10 Feb 1971-4 Mar 1975, some with handwritten annotations in red pencil.
Includes Ulalume, a ballad, possibly by Poe; two poems by V.L.D.; and information about Poe and Sarah Helen Whitman.
Three-ring binder containing 23 lvs of xerox copies (of typescript text and illustrations) and mounted photographs and newspaper clippings. Bound with this is an additional leaf consisting of a xerox copy of a letter dated 12 Nov. 1970. (2 items)
Three-ring binder containing 28 lvs of xerox copies (of typescript text, correspondence, printed text, and illustrations); electroprints of microfilmed pages of newspaper; tear-sheets of magazine clippings mounted on a leaf from a manuscript account book; photograph. This compilation is dated 1 Feb 1971, with supplementary leaves dated 31 Oct. and 2 Nob. 1975.
Three-ring binder containing 50 lvs of xerox copies (of text, correspondence, printed text, illustrations); photographs; mounted clipping from Congressional Record; mounted illustration. Several leaves are annotated in blue ink. Text is dated 1 Feb 1971.
Sequel to III. above.
Most of these items are mounted on leaves of a manuscript account book. Cf. III. above.
Three-ring binder containing 86 lvs of xerox copies (of typescript text, printed text and illustrations, typed and handwritten letters); electroprints of microfilmed pages of newspaper; photograph. Includes handwritten annotations. Correspondence is dated 29 Dec. 1970-3 Jun 1975. The main portion of the work appears to have been compiled by 7 oct. 1971, all subsequent matieral being additions thereto.
Includes copies of poems in the Providence Daily Journal and letters to V.L.D. from Burton R. Pollin, William Bittner, et al.
Xerox copy of poem, dated 5 Feb 1971. Inscribed in ink to Mrs. Christine D. Hathaway, 6 Feb. 1971. (acc. no. HA23664)
With attached article (by Ira Dember) on the Providence Arcade and typed supplementary information relating to the painter of the Athenaeum portrait of Sarah Helen Whitman. (acc. A 82.142)
Contains inscription dated 22 Oct 1981.
Relating to U.S. Bicentennial and to Edgar Allan Poe.
items relating to Bicentennial, Rhode Island Day, Louis Daguerre, etc.; clippings(approx 15); xerox copies of clippings, letters, etc. (approx 10); typescript poem by V.L.D.: "An American Psalm"; photograph
Items relating to Bicentennial, France, and distinguished Frenchmen, Rhode Island people, places, things, etc. consisting of clippings (approx 35), xerox copies of letters, clippings, photographs, music, etc. (approx 50 items); photographs (approx 15 items); 2 poems by V.L.D.: "Ode to a Poet" (xerox copy of clipping from Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 1958), i.e. Poe, and "Tarn of Dreams" (T.Ms.S, 25 June 1976), to Baudelaire; letter.
Three-ring binder containing 37 lvs of xerox copies (of manuscript, typescript, printed, and illustrative material); typescript note dated 31 Oct. 1975; mounted photograph. Includes several annotations in red pencil.
Consisting of a xeroxed extract from a printed book with a letter dated 29 oct. 1979 (2 items; 15 lvs); xerox copies of two proclamations dated 27 Oct. 1979; xerox copies of 9 letters dated 1 oct.-6 Nov. 1979; letter dated 9 Nov. 1979 with 2 xeroxed enclosures; xerox copy of clipping dated 1 Nov. 1979; 8 xerox copies of various texts and illustrations.
Consisting of inscribed copy of printed book, copy of newspaper dated 1 Nov. 1979, annotated xerox copy of extract from the Congressional Record of 25 Oct. 1979 containing poem by V.L.D. entitled "The Papal Progress," and covering letter dated 9 Nov. 1979.
Consisting of xerox copies of various plaques, xerox copies of various materials relating to poem "Requiem for the Vietnam Fallen" by V.L.D., and a covering letter dated 27 Dec. 1979.
Xerox copies (of typescript text, printed text, correspondence, illustrations, etc.). Correspondence is dated 29 Aug. 1974-20 Jan. 1976. Title is taken from typed label on manila envelope.
Consisting of xerox copies (of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and illustrations) dated 23 Jan-1 Feb 1976, with covering letter dated 2 Feb 1976.
Typed label on manila envelope: Roger Williams Day--8 August 1975 "337th Anniversary of the Founding of Providence" Rhode Island, 1636... A "Gift"...24 November 1975.
Three-ring binder containing 59 lvs (of which 2 are stapled to cover) consisting of xerox copies (of typescript text, printed text and illustrations, newspaper clippings, and correspondence); 2 photographs; 2 typed notes, 8 Aug., 24 Nov. 1975. Correspondence is dated 8 Aug-15 Nov. 1975. Includes several poems by V.L.D., mateial about Thurber's "grapes," etc.
Typed label on manila envelope, dated 24 Nov. 1975, draws attention to poem by V.L.D. entitled "Roger Williams Spring Towne Street--1636" which is printed on p. E4307. Facing this page is a tipped-in address label.
Copy of newspaper, 24 Jan 1980, containing article by V.L.D. entitled "Providence Athenaeum an art lovers delight"; 2 xerox copies of newspaper clippings, 12, 20 December 1979; with covering letter dated 25 Jan 1980.
At head of title: a Journal intime collection. Contains inscription dated 13 Feb 1981. Spiral bound off-set printed typescript with illustrations.
Also includes a covering letter dated 18 Feb 1981 and an undated note.
Letter from Vincent A. Cianci, 22 Apr 1981, presenting the second copy of "Raven Circles" (and its enclosures, the two articles described above.)
Consisting of photograph dated 13 Mar 1981 and xerox copies of correspondence dated 15 Feb-17 Mar 1981 and undated.